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Discover the power and beauty of math

Excursions in Modern Mathematics by Peter Tannenbaum helps learners develop an appreciation for the aesthetics and applicability of mathematics. Contemporary topics ranging from COVID-19 to election polling demonstrate that math is a usable tool, applicable and interesting for anyone. Refinement and updating of examples and exercises, plus increased resources for both students and instructors, make the 10th Edition a relevant, accessible, and complete program.

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Peter Tannenbaum is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the California State University, Fresno. He has also held faculty positions at the Universidad Simon Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela, the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, and as a Fulbright visiting scholar at the Universidad de San Luis in San Luis, Argentina.

Prof. Tannenbaum received Bachelors degrees in Political Science and Mathematics, and a Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics, all from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His mathematical research interests focus primarily in the interface between combinatorics, finite groups and probability, and has published papers in combinatorial designs, finite projective geometries, partitions of groups, probability, generating functions and the computation of power indexes.

Prof. Tannenbaum has also worked on various aspects of mathematics education, including curriculum development for undergraduate general education mathematics, the preparation of secondary teachers, and Young Scholar Institutes (summer camps for talented high school students). In recognition of this work he has received many grants and awards, including a Mathematical Association of America Award for "Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics."

Prof. Tannenbaum was born in Genoa, Italy, and at the age of four his family moved to Montevideo, Uruguay, where he spent his formative years. Beyond mathematics, his interests and hobbies include travel, languages (he speaks five), hiking, riding (bikes and horses), cooking, and most recently, painting. He and his wife Sally have three children (twin boys and a girl) and currently live in Santa Barbara, California.